Re: [patch 20/28] input: Remove BKL from hp_sdc_rtc

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Saturday 10 October 2009, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> cycle_kernel_lock() was added during the big BKL pushdown. It should
> ensure the serializiation against driver init code. In this case there
> is nothing to serialize. Remove it.

The driver still holds the BKL in its ioctl method, which should be removed
as well if the above is true.

	Arnd <><
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